I spoke to Zach Belanger, President and CEO of Enchanted Mob who made the Poppy Playtime game. We can then be present in the gaming world of our children and provide informed guidance. Much better, is to use rating advice and to play the game ourselves. The real danger with this panicked response is that it separates parents from the gaming world of their child. Banning a child from a game they are enjoying because of a related video makes it much less likely for them to talk to parents if something genuinely upsetting happens online. This leads to a muddled response to actual concerns children have. We’ve already seen reports eager to connect the scary Huggy Wuggy character to children jumping out of windows or breath holding playground games. The real danger is that stories about Poppy Playtime and the Huggy Wuggy character spiral out of control like the Momo Challenge.
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